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Saar’s dear friend, artist and jeweler Neil Lane, recalls how she taught him to collage: slowly layering papers with matte medium and, of course, saving every scrap.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

Sara and I grieve with the American people over the loss of our dear friend, Senator Lindsey Graham.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026

"Our thoughts and prayers are for her dear family and friends," it added.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

But every time the hulking Haaland blazed toward the goal, with a pair of defenders hanging onto him for dear life, the stadium full of Brazilian supporters held its breath, for one simple reason.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

“I will, dear boy! You too will learn to find me in all that we have loved together.”

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

“We didn’t keep that,” she said, “but I loved learning what Lydia would do if she could. ‘Eyes forward dears, we are not sitting comfortably in a class room.’”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2025

I would think to myself, Oh, my dears, if you could only see who you are speaking to and how hard they work.

From Slate ● Apr. 4, 2024

By ingesting the chirpy little dears, Bergenkind seeks to internalize the little guys’ sunny joyfulness.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2016

Are children really such precious dears, such special snowflakes, that they can’t listen to any adult other than their own parents?

From The Guardian ● Sep. 3, 2014

The ymbryne pulled back the hood of her cloak and said, “I am very glad to meet you, too, dears, but you must come inside at once; it isn’t safe out here.”

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

"We bring our children and teenagers alongside us so they can see military training, and whenever our leader, dearer than our lives, gives the command, we will all come to the field," she told AFP.

From Barron's ● May 19, 2026

“The freedom I had before the money was paid was dearer to me,” Ms. Jacobs wrote.

From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2023

“She will be dearer than my children because she will keep the memory alive of her father, mother and siblings.”

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2023

“We were dear friends. And after I left the show ... we became better friends, dearer friends,” Gifford continued.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2022

Kings made tombs more splendid than houses of the living, and counted old names in the rolls of their descent dearer than the names of sons.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

Even the non-thriller themes — female friendship, aging, ageism, admitting the truth about oneself to oneself and one’s dearest, the invigorating effects of danger — are explicitly expressed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

Over dinner recently, I got to talking with one of my dearest friends — let’s call him Paul — about relationships.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

Your nearest and dearest may be aware you do it, but you don’t discuss it with strangers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

As long as you and your wife have enough set aside for retirement, keep living the dream and passing it along to your nearest and dearest.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 8, 2026

“Because, after all, as our dearest Lucinda knew only too well...the show must go on!”

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen